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Aloha. My name is Ilene Harrington with Stop Big Island Dog Abuse. I live in
District 7 and Dru Mamo Kanuha is my representative. I spoke with Debbie
from KARES this morning who had planned on making a presentation here
today in favor of the resolution and she is in District 9. She has been
working to update our animal abuse laws for about 23 years. Two days ago
one of the many abused dogs she rescues and takes into her home killed
her own personal dog through an attack. The reason I mention this is I think
it is important to understand that there are no dogs born into our world
that are cruel. Continuous tethering can groom dogs to be aggressive
because it is animal abuse. Here are two pictures of the many sent into the
Stop Big Island Dog Abuse page. One clearly shows how a tethered dog — in
this case a puppy in Kona - can get so tangled when tethered it can not
move anywhere. Another shows a dog is Oceanview obviously starved and
tethered in an abusive fashion.
30 years of research has scientifically proven the correlation between
continuous tethering and child and domestic violence. That is why this year
the FBI launched a national animal abuser registry to try to circumvent
domestic abuse by keeping track of animal abusers. Continuous tethering is
animal abuse as stated by many organizations including U. S. Department of
Agriculture, Humane Society -of the United States, American Humane
Association, Centers for Disease Control and the American Society for
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. It can make the dog extremely aggressive
to the point of where they will attack and kill anyone that goes into their
small space. Small children are the most vulnerable. You may remember
the toddler that was killed on Kauai by a dog who had been contin.uously
tethered for 7 years. Remember dogs are not born aggressive! Abuse
makes them aggressive! Margaret Willie's resolution when passed by the
state will at least provide a way for the field officers to make a legal
determination about the length of the tether. I urge you to take this first
step to end our companion animal's suffering.
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boar s so the public cannot complain to the HIHS.
Lives at 74-5140 Namaka Pl. Kailua Kona.
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rible! What a life for the poor
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Like • Re I 1 December 22, 2015 at 10:51pm
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! 2 • December 22, 2015 at 11:13pm
That should be illegal. It is so
destructive to a dog especially those
types of working breeds. Looks like a GSD isn't it? I
have a line on a tree at my house since it isn't
fenced for dogs but now that Tooth knows his
commands I literally ... See More
Like • Repl 2 • December 23, 2015 at 7:49am
ve been in contact with HIHS about
0s. THey go there tell them to take better
care of the dogs but they NEVER take them off the
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WHAT!!!• December 027,2*04:25pm
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